dishtowel
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- noun
- /ˈdɪʃˌtaʊəl/
- US
:
toalla de cocina
- Elaine, a dishtowel still in her hand, sank down at the kitchen table to pray.
- grabbed a dishtowel
- put the dishtowel
- damp dishtowel
Examples
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She used a dishtowel to wipe down the kitchen counter after preparing dinner.
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"Do you have any more dry dishtowels around here?"
Fiction book (1994) -
Later, she gave him a dishtowel for his face and a glass of water.
Fiction book (1998) -
Their mother shows up at the door, drying her hands with a dishtowel.
Fiction book (1992) -
I rinse the last dish, and he hands me a dishtowel.
Fiction book (1993) -
I dried my eyes on a dishtowel, blew my nose, then dropped the towel in the trash.
Fiction book (1997) -
Tritia came out on the porch and stood next to him, wiping her hands on a dishtowel.
Fiction book (1991) -
I found some dishtowels, but I don't know if they're clean.
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"What else is new?" Doug wiped the counter and hung up the dishtowel.
Fiction book (1991) -
Arna walks back into the kitchen, tosses a dry dishtowel to me over Hoot's head, and dries her hands with another.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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A cloth used to dry dishes after they are washed
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A cloth for drying washed dishes and cutlery
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Etymology
The word dishtowel is simply two words put together: dish meaning 'a plate or bowl' and towel meaning 'something you use to dry'. So a dishtowel is a towel for drying plates, glasses, and other dishes after washing.